Improvement in materials for filling mattresses



B. HARRINGTON.

Improvement in Ma terial for Filling Mattresses.

Patented Jan. 23, 1872.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn BARZILLA HARRINGTON, OF CHINA, MAINE,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, LEVI H. STRAW, AND JESSE A. LOGKE, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MATERIALS FOR FILLING MATTRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 23,016, dated January23, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

I, BARZILLA HARRINGTON, of China, in the county of Kennebec and State ofMaine, have invented a new and useful Material for Filling Mattresses,of which the following is a specification:

The Nature of the Invention.

loosens thebark from the pith. It is then passed through a picker 5 amachine similar to those that are used by woolen manufacturers will do.This picker reduces the bark to shreds, softening it up and rendering itvery flexible.

This material is light, tough, and flexible, and eminently suitable forfilling mattresses, 860.

By my invention or discovery I bring into use a vast amount of materialwhich has heretofore been neglected or useless, or even destroyed. p

I claim as my invention As a new article of trade, the filated bark ofIndian corn (zea mag s) prepared for the purpose of fillin g mattresses,850., substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

BARZILLA HARRINGTON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM EnsoN, FRANK G. PARKER.

